Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-02-03
M1soHLLANroue NOTES.


MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
St. Ignace, Mich, has a doctor
who is also an undertaken.
A Polk county, ,(Ga. } man is liv-
ing pleasantly with his eighth
wife.
Cincinnati will be 100 years old
next year, and she wants both ma
tional conventions, to celebrate her
centennial.
Nine of the Wells, Fargo & Co.
stages were stopped last year by
highwaymen, who got but 81, 600
for their pains.
II is estimated that over 1900
locomotives were built in the Unit
ed States during the past year.
They cost about S15, 100000
Paris has the largest theater in
the world. 1t cost nearly S20,000,-
600, its cubic mass is 2S7 900 feet,
and it covers nearly three acres of
land.
The Atlanta Capital complains
that the prohibition law is a farce
in that city, because the authori-
ties fail to do their duty and en-
force it.
Mrs. Fisher, a brunette with
good features, fine eyes and a
ready tongue, runs an eighty horse
power Harris -Corliss engine in
Providence, and does it well.
The son of the Duchess de Gal
liera probably has the finest col
lection of postage stamps in the
world. 1t fills 800 volumes and
has cost him more than $3.50, 900.
An engine in use in the zinc
mines near Freidensville, Pa, is
fed by sixteen boilers, and is five
thousand horse power. 1t is said
TO be the largest one in the world.
Mrs. Cleveland dislikes the
presence of ununiformed policemen
in the White house. The reason,
probably, is that they are frequent
ly mistaken for members of con-
gress.
In the record Of marriages OF
Christ church, Philadelphia, under
date of March 5, 1855, is found
that of John Cod and Mary Fish,
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. William Sturgeon.
A Philadelphia gossip laments
the fact that there are so many tall
girls in fashionable society, and
the available men are as a rule so
small in stature that some of the
girls will have to "stoop to
conquer.
Three persons died from the
effect of the cold weather at Wa
terbury, Conn.,, during the past
ten days. The cold was so intense
that large numbers OF birds and
small animals died, and in many
places in the vicinity crows came
in and drove the doves from their
cotes in the barns.
Tom Green county, Texas, is
named after a famous pioneer from
North Carolina who did his share
of fighting against Santa Anna and
was honored when Texas secured
her. independence. Tom Green
county has an area Of II, 800 square
miles, and is larger than the states
of Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
and Delaware combined.
A Saginaw City, Mich, young
man bought a pair Of ladies' shoeO
on time and gave them To his best
girl. They were "miles too big"
and the lady took them 10 the
store tor exchange, when the pro.
prietor explained that they had
not been paid for and he guessed
he'd keep them. The lady will sue
TO recover from the merchant.
A doctor who died at Brunswick,
Mo-, one day recently, had charges
on his books for medical services
amounting TO nearly 81, 900 against
the French operatives in the cotton
factory. Expressing a fear that
they might be disturbed if pay
ment was enforced, he ordered
his account-books committed TO
the flames, and it was done in his
presence.
At Alleghaney City, Pa, a few
days ago, a drove Of hogs got fright
ened while passing a drug store
and rushed entirely through the
place, doing all the damage posi-
Bile. Bottles and jars Of all sizes
and shapes were knocked down
and smashed on all sides and the
stove upset. A destructive fire
would have capped the climax
but for the prompt action Of the
proprietor.
A new swindle is being worked
as follows: Swindler number one
travels about selling watches on the
installment plan, collecting two
dollars at the time Of delivery
A confederate in the game follows
after a short time and claims that
the watch was stolen, giving its
number in proof. The victim has
the watch taken away from him,
and loses the two dollars he has
n a.